Icicle

Definition of icicle:

part of speech: noun

Hanging mass of ice.

part of speech: noun

A hanging point of ice formed by the freezing of dropping water.

part of speech: noun

Ice formed by the freezing of dripping water from the eaves of houses, etc.

Usage examples for icicle:

• Blood streamed from his lacerated face, but the cold froze it and transformed the gory beard into a blood red icicle which pricked the numerous wounds in his chin every moment, and inflicted intense pain. "Andreas Hofer", Lousia Muhlbach.

• On came the figure as swiftly as a bird, glittering in the light like an icicle "The Iron Star And what It saw on Its Journey through the Ages", John Preston True.

• An icicle of pain darted through them; every nerve in his body was drawn together there in a knot of agony. "The Blue Flower, and Others", Henry van Dyke.

• She thought that she was as unapproachable as an icicle and now she says all sorts of wild things about herself. "We Three", Gouverneur Morris.